Major proteins of the outer cell envelope membrane of Escherichia coli K12: Multiple species of protein I differ in primary structure
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular Genetics and Genomics
- Vol. 166 (2) , 187-192
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00285921
Abstract
Summary Protein I, one of the major outer membrane proteins of E. coli in most K12 strains is represented by two very similar polypeptides Ia and Ib. Sequential mutations (involving selections for phage resistance) can lead to loss of proteins Ia and Ib. Among “revertants” of such Ia- Ib- mutants clones exist that instead of Ia or Ib produce a third species of protein I, polypeptide Ic. Ichihara and Mizushima [J. Biochem. 83, 1095–1100 (1978)] have shown that proteins Ia and Ib exhibit differences in primary structure. Here evidence is presented indicating that protein Ic also is not identical in primary structure with Ia or Ib. Thus, 3 very similar structural genes appear to exist for the protein I species known to date, and that for Ic normally is silent. Introduction of a functional Ic locus into a Ia+ Ib+ strain caused expression of all three proteins with a reduced rate of synthesis of protein Ia.Keywords
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